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Trees in China that were planted as part of huge reforestation projects appear to grow faster than those in natural forests, a new study finds.
A breakthrough in photonic chips could make large, costly, ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller, leading to portable and affordable imaging, diagnostic and information-processing devices, researchers say.
Euplotes gigatrox’s shape-shifting may reveal how early life learned to act in surprisingly complex ways.
New experiments show that octopuses can understand where an item is based solely on its reflection.
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Toussidé volcano, Chad [21.03731548, 16.47357325] What’s in the photo? The petrified remains of ancient lava and a skull-like caldera Who
A Chinese system has become the world’s most powerful supercomputer, surpassing American machines for the first time since 2021. LineShine, installed at China’s National Supercomputing
Renaissance painter Jan Brueghel the Elder painted a bat eating a bird — 400 years before scientists would document the behavior.
Reassuring evidence on acetaminophen’s safety in pregnancy keeps growing, with another study that compares siblings with different prenatal exposures.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius buried a vast collection of scrolls in ash and scorched them into solid black lumps. Now, without unrolling them
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) assists flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit, testing its comfort
The cells of animals, plants, and fungi start their lives by being torn apart. Cells are born by division, and just before a parent cell
The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark matter and more.
New calculations suggest that the insect species inhabiting our planet may be double or triple previous estimates.
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at at time Antimicrobial resistance is a “silent pandemic,” posing huge threats to public health
